for all of us here, we appreciate your time. hope to see you in half an hour. >> tonight, the growing emergency. the white house watching. fire tornadoes breaking out in a middle of an exploding wildfire. thousands of families evacuated. while in the east tonight, severe storms in boston late today. new york overnight and the deadly circus tent collapse. meantime, at this hour, the most powerful storm on the planet. headed for one of the world's tallest buildings. outbreak. the growing number of cases in an airborne disease showing up in two states. the worst ever in new york city. the manhunt at this hour. the suspect considered armed and dangerous. murder, kidnapping and wounding two officers. neighbors warned to stay indoors. and the poll numbers just in tonight. who makes the cut for the first

big debate and the two candidates who will right there in the middle. good evening and we begin tonight with severe weather on both coasts. first, the growing emergency in california. the raging fire exploding in size. the white house now keeping careful watch. and look at this. what appears to be tornadoes of fire there in the middle of the wall of flames. the fire actually jumping a highway. tonight, more than 10,000 firefighters now deployed across california. the air force helping in the fight. at least two dozen homes burned to the ground. thousands of families on the move at this hour. we are also following the severe weather here in the east. time lapse out of boston today. the dark storm clouds moving in. and this afternoon, a microburst confirmed, blamed in the deadly circus tent collapse. we have it all covered tonight beginning with abc's clayton sandell on the front lines. >> reporter: tonight, the 100-square-mile rocky fire is

threatening nearly 7,000 homes. >> over the past several days, what we have seen is explosive fire behavior. >> reporter: yesterday, the fire jumped this highway, starting a spot fire that was 3200 acres. it's not as hot today. but the fire is now generating its own weather. moisture from plant and heat combined combining with clouds. the clouds with bring rain but also lightning and dangerous downdrafts that can make a fire unpredictable. the firefighters tell us when you sometimes see a fire tornado, a fire whirl as they call it, that means the air here is extremely unstable. watch from above. these flames appear to go out. but when the wind changes suddenly, just 15 seconds later, the fire changes direction again in a different direction. this area here burned yesterday. there is a thick layer of ash on the ground and it smells like a charcoal grill. but this tree appears to have stopped burning. but if you come down here to the roots under ground, it's still burning hot.

it can go on for hours, or days longer and it can of course lead to flare-ups. stopping those flare-ups, now up to 3,200 firefighters and a fleet of helicopters and planes, including military tankers, protecting the homes of 13,000 evacuees. >> this is the first time that i'm really feeling afraid that i could lose my house. >> reporter: and thanks to the fire, schools here will start a week late. and, david, this is the area where those 24 homes were lost you can see some of the devastation left behind and with thousands more threatened, firefighters are working desperately to make sure no one else loses their home, david? >> all right, sir, clayton sandell leading us off. thank you. tonight, major new developments in the deadly tent collapse in new hampshire. the powerful storm, a microburst now confirmed. and these images inside the circus tent. families gathering outside, a

storm brewing of course. moments later, the tent destroyed. metal poles flying. the tent ripped off. and scenes of chaos, victims sprinting for their lives. a father and his young daughter killed. 32 injured. the second fatal tent collapse in just two days. tonight, what we learned about that circus. and did they have permission to put up that tent? lindsay janis on the scene for us. >> it was called in as a mass casualty. >> reporter: a powerful storm, packing 75-mile-per-hour winds, ripping this packed circus tent right out of the ground, more than a hundred parents and children inside. >> all of the sudden, these big metal poles that are holding up the tent start coming out of the ground. >> we have an infant in the back. >> reporter: robert young and his 6-year-old daughter, annabelle, dead. family says dad was protecting his little girl. 32 others rushed to local hospitals. heidi medeiros threw herself on top of her 3-year-old son. >> it was terrifying, you just hear the screaming children and the crying and honest to god my

son's blood curdling scream is something that will haunt my dreams for the rest of my life. >> reporter: the terror unfolding. just 15 minutes into a performance like this one by walker brothers international circus. that storm part of the same system racing through the northeast, downing huge trees, leaving thousands without power. and it's the second deadly tent collapse caused by storms this week. a man dying sunday at a music festival outside chicago. back at the fairgrounds, questions tonight, why did the show go on despite the severe weather warning for the area? >> it's really the responsibility of the show to monitor the conditions. >> reporter: david, officials now say the circus did not have a permit to set up here. this as more severe weather is expected to come here tonight. david? >> thank you. this comes as the east coast is being slammed with yet more severe weather at this hour. the powerful lightning strikes in the skies in new york overnight.

and we just saw images from boston late today. let's get right to rob marciano. the same area again. >> one of the reasons we saw the microbursts yesterday is the really strong jet stream ahead. and it's still there. same area hit tonight. severe weather for massachusetts, new hampshire and maine. boston, several rounds rumbling through that city. and in the plains. and nebraska and kansas, big winds and hail there. and fire for the pacific northwest. red flag warnings there. a system is coming through that is going to drop the temperatures. up the humidity. that is good. and gusty winds everywhere. firefighters have to contain with that. >> rob marciano with us. rob, thank you. we do have one more image tonight. the super typhoon. rob is tracking in the pacific. this is the image from space. the strongest cyclone on earth. it's called soudelor. at this hour, barreling towards taiwan, china, the outer islands. and packing wind gusts up to 180 miles per hour. in the bull's-eye, one of the world's tallest buildings,

1,607 feet of glass. 101 stories. he's already hit the tiny island home to 48,000 americans. meantime, back here at home tonight and two massive sink holes in just 24 hours. the new images out of brooklyn, new york, tonight. you can see there an entire chunk of that street corner sinkly giving way. pipes exposed. power lines cut off. no word on the cause and it's 24 hours after the sink hole in pittsburgh we showed you last night here. we move on now to the race for 2016. the new poll numbers determining who is in and who is out. the first big debate this week. we got the list and who made it. we also have the message on donald trump's phone now, now that his number has been given out. >> this is donald trump and i'm running for the presidency of the united states of america. hope to see you on the campaign trail. we're going to do it. >> the mailbox is full. i can not accept any messages at this time. good-bye. >> the mailbox is full. not a surprise there. but the poll numbers are just

in. who made the cut? who's going to be on the debate. >> as you know, the top ten in the polls. and take a look at this. right there, center stage, at the debate, donald trump next to jeb bush. of course, trump, far and away the leader. and from the outside in, those who got much less. chris christie, marco rubio. mike huckabee, scott walker. on the other side of the two front-runners, ben carson, ted cruz, rand paul and kasich barely making the cut. >> there you have it, ten making the cut. so who's out tonight? >> rick perry, the former governor of texas. rick santorum, the runner up last time. and remember, if you don't make it to the first debate, you are not even really making it to the starting line. >> it's going to be really tough. you want to show viewers at home. this little clip. most people know this television show, right? the apprentice? but there are report bs tonight that some of the candidates are studying the show to study for this? >> no one will admit studying it. but this is the time they have

to take donald trump seriously. especially jeb bush. they know he is going to be right next to trump. the moment in the debate will be interaction between the two of them. >> we will be watching, thanks. we turn now to an urgent warning now about an invisible danger, an airborne disease showing up in two states. legionnaires' disease, a severe form of pneumonia, spread in the air. the breakout in new york city city. seven deaths. at least 86 falling ill. look at this. this is the possible culprit. air conditioning towers pabl to spread the mist carrying the deadly bacteria. and it's not just new york city tonight. now a case in michigan that set in and quickly claiming the life of a mother. dr. besser is standing by. first, cecilia vega. >> reporter: tonight, an urgent call from the mayor of new york. >> symptoms include fever, cough, and shortness of breath. if you have these symptoms please immediately seek treatment. >> reporter: five new cases of legionnaires' disease in the past 24 hours alone. in all, 86 people infected, 7 deaths. an outbreak traced back to five

contaminated water cooling towers. experts say the airborne bacteria can spread from large air conditioning systems, showers, even public fountains. this is one of the locations in the bronx where legionnaires' disease started from a contaminated cooling tower on the top of this hospital. it's an invisible mist that travels up to seven miles away and the people who contracted it were most likely doing exactly what i'm doing right now, just walking in the neighborhood around new york, residents are worried. >> it's very scary! >> reporter: and now, another case in detroit. 58-year-old debbie kidd complained of a migraine last week. last night, she died. doctors say it was legionnaires'. the cooling towers here in new york have been cleaned. but legionnaires' disease can have an incubation period that lasts up to two weeks. david, doctors here fear there could be more cases to come. >> thanks so much. let's get to dr. richard besser. headed up the city's lee legionnaires' unit before coming to abc.

i don't want to alarm people out there. but you were teling me, you can actually catch it simply walking down the street. >> that's right. that is why the outbreaks were so concerning. i was up on a roof in one of the cooling towers. and you can see, if they are not maintained, the outbreaks can happen. and there's nothing you can do about it. >> people are going to wonder if their own air conditioning units in their home can spread it too. but it's completely different? >> it's totally different. the good news is that your window or home air conditioning unit can't cause this disease. >> okay. you're going to stay on this as we know. in the meantime, we turn to other news tonight. the manhunt under way at this hour in california. after a string of violent crimes. a kidnapping, a murder, a shootout with police. the suspect said to be armed and dangerous. s.w.a.t. teams on the scene. more than 100 officers scouring a five-mile area for clues. and police warn the suspect is not afraid of another shoot out. warning neighbors to stay in their home. here is kayna whitworth. >> reporter: he is armed and extremely dangerous and has alluded the law for a week already. this man accused of holding

three men captive at gun point. murdering another. the body found in an old cabin. described as a white male, 30 to 35. long brown hair and blue eyes dirty in appearance and wearing military style clothing. authority rs say when law enforcement caught up with him in an abandoned mobile home, the suspect fired at them, wounding one officer and grazing another. >> we know that he is able to engage law enforcement. with a gun. >> reporter: and now, he is gone some where in this vast rocky canyon in triple digit heat in the mojave desert. the rugged terrain slowing the search. law enforcement in camouflage have to move slowly in the high dets desert. frequented by recreational vehicles and not much else. search area is so rural and mountainous the sheriff's department had to bring in atvs. this used to be an old mining area. because of that, authorities say there are plenty of places for him to hide. residents in the area on lock down and schools closed out of caution.

the public on the lookout for the suspect too, but warned not to approach him bru to call 911. kayna whitworth. >> kayna, thank you. tonight, a former police officer from ferguson is back in the news. darren wilson who shot and killed michael brown, the death sparking national protests. tonight, one year later, wilson saying he cannot get hired. here is abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: in an interview that will certainly rile up his critics, former ferguson police officer darren wilson tells the "new yorker" that he can't find work. he says his shooting and killing of michael brown jr. nearly a year ago is "it's too hot an issue, so it makes me unemployable." saying that no police force will hire him, and when he started working at a boot store stocking shelves, he had to quit after reporters started calling. after being cleared twice in the racially explosive shooting, he says there were even "threats about doing something to my unborn child," and his family can only eat out a safe places. "we try to go somewhere." he says, "with like minded individuals." he acknowledges the lack of job opportunities in the

predominantly black neighborhoods he once policed. but says there is a lack of initiative to work. saying "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink." his first comments from his interview with george stephanopoulos. >> i'm sorry that their son lost his life. it wasn't the intention of that day. >> reporter: he says he's watched the protests across the country over police methods and says that everyone is so quick to jump to race. david? >> thank you, steve. we turn to the controversial video out of kentucky sparking outrage. two school children with adha, attention deficit, handcuffed by a sheriff's deputy. he says they were misbehaving. that deputy now facing a federal lawsuit and the sheriff's office is defiant, saying the deputy did what he was sworn to do. here is linsey davis. >> reporter: outrage is growing tonight after the release of this video of an 8-year-old boy

handcuffed by this kentucky sheriff's deputy. >> it hurts. >> you can behave the way you know you are supposed to or you suffer the consequences. >> reporter: the third grader handcuffed for 15 minutes because of behavior which his attorney says, is related to his adhd. >> the behavior that he exhibited was classic behavior related to his disability. the officer's actions did not help the situation, it hurt him. >> reporter: apparently this use of handcuffs has happened before at the same school to another child, also with disabilities. the parents of both children along with the american civil liberties union now filing a federal lawsuit against deputy kevin sumner pictured here. >> they're having trouble sleeping, don't want to be alone. >> reporter: according to some estimates, each year, more than 50,000 students with disabilities are subjected to physical restraint and a disproportionate amount are minorities. one child in this case is black, the other latino. >> if you want the handcuffs off, you're going to have to behave and ask me nicely. >> reporter: this afternoon, the county sheriff saying he steadfastly stands behind his

deputy's actions, after the school faculty was not able to diffuse the situation, which posed what they called a threat to others, david. >> thank you. there is more ahead of "world news" this tuesday. if you have ever considered renting out a room in your home, the warning tonight. take a look at this. the guest caught on camera, accused of breaking into a locked room, stealing thousands of dollars of valuables. what authorities are warning. also, the actress defending her popular billion-dollar company. customers and the backlash over sunscreen in the middle of summer. some asking about key ingredients. kids badly burned. they say. and take a look at this. have you seen this yet? a motorcyclist on open water. that's right. he is riding his bike across the water. we ask how did he pull it off. t. we ask how did he pull it off.

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to make extra money. more than 1 million people listing their homes on the popular website airbnb. but a family in california using a surveillance camera watching this. here is abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: watch closely because police say what you're looking at is a theft in progress. 27-year-old jana dominquez renting this home through the website airbnb, then allegedly rummaging through the owner's belongings making off with $35,000 in valuables. the owner told her she couldn't go into the home office, but that's exactly what police say she did. that camera watching it all. >> she basically broke the doorknob and the door itself. >> reporter: we've heard about home rental nightmares, like this couple, seen on camera overstaying their booking. living rent free, taking advantage of a california law that would require formal eviction after 30 days of renting. in the end, the owner had to pay them to leave.

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